IT40 News for 08/31/2018

#1 Police confirm multiple deaths in horrific bus crash in New Mexico

A Greyhound bus carrying 49 passengers and a semi-truck collided in New Mexico on Thursday, killing at least seven people and inflicting many others with serious injuries.

'Preliminary crash information indicates a semi-tractor-trailer traveling on I-40 [eastbound] had a tire blowout and crossed into oncoming [westbound] traffic, colliding with a Greyhound bus,' the New Mexico State Police Department said.

At least 43 people have been taken to area hospitals, he driver of the semi-truck sustained non-life-threatening injuries in the crash

Some of the people taken for medical treatment were in critical condition, ABC News reported.

A passenger bus and a semi-truck collided in McKinley County on Thursday, killing at least seven people and seriously injuring many others, the New Mexico State Police department said